History Anime / PorcoRosso

* CelebrityVoiceActor: The Disney dub featured both [[Film/{{Batman}} Micheal Keaton]] as Porco, and [[EverybodyLovesRaymond Brad Garrett]] as Boss.

* WrongGenreSavvy: Played with. Fio suggests that if she [[TrueLovesKiss kisses]] Porco, his curse might be lifted. [[spoiler: She kisses him at the end of the film too, but Porco's curse isn't broken until after he and Curtis agree to distract the Italian Air Force, implying that the curse was truly broken when Porco finally let go of his cynicism and disillusionment, or that he finally started thinking of other people.]]

* WrongGenreSavvy: Played with. Fio suggests that if she [[TrueLovesKiss kisses]] Porco, his curse might be lifted. [[spoiler: She kisses him at the end of the film too, but Porco's curse isn't broken until after he and Curtis agree to distract the Italian Air Force, implying that the curse was truly broken when Porco finally let go of his cynicism and disillusionment.]]

The film tells the story of a renowned Italian fighter pilot, a veteran of the First World War who has been mysteriously transformed into a pig. During TheGreatDepression, Porco Rosso, the 'Red Pig' makes his living as a mercenary, flying a crimson seaplane and doing battle with pirates. Things really start to get interestig for Porco when the pirates, tired of having their butts handed to them by a pig, hire Curtis, a famed American aviator, to take him down. Pursued by the Fascist military he deserted years ago, Porco gains a teenage sidekick, Fio, and takes the fight to the pirates. What follows is an epic journey of self-discovery and general [[Badass badassery]] in the great Ghibli tradition. It's got all the hallmarks of a Miyazaki movie; strong women, flying machines, air-pirates and an undertone of the supernatural.

The film tells the story of a renowned Italian fighter pilot, a veteran of the First World War who has been mysteriously transformed into a pig. During TheGreatDepression, Porco Rosso, the 'Red Pig' makes his living as a mercenary, flying a crimson seaplane and doing battle with pirates. Things really start to get interestig for Porco when the pirates, tired of having their butts handed to them by a pig, hire Curtis, a famed American aviator, to take him down. Pursued by the Fascist military he deserted years ago, Porco gains a teenage sidekick, Fio, and takes the fight to the pirates. What follows is an epic journey of self-discovery and general [[badass]]ery in the great Ghibli tradition. It's got all the hallmarks of a Miyazaki movie; strong women, flying machines, air-pirates and an undertone of the supernatural.

The film tells the story of a renowned Italian fighter pilot, a veteran of the First World War who has been mysteriously transformed into a pig. During TheGreatDepression, Porco Rosso, the 'Red Pig' makes his living as a mercenary, flying a crimson seaplane and doing battle with pirates. Things really start to get interestig for Porco when the pirates, tired of having their butts handed to them by a pig, hire a famed American aviator to take him down. Pursued by the Fascist military he deserted years ago, Porco gains a teenage sidekick, Fio, and takes the fight to the pirates.

It's got all the hallmarks of a Miyazaki movie; strong women, flying machines, air-pirates and an undertone of the supernatural.

Porco Rosso or ''Kurenai no Buta''　/　紅の豚, which roughly translates as "The Crimson Pig" or "The Red Pig", its a 1992 film by HayaoMiyazaki, a homanage to the early days of aviation and cinema.

The film tells the story of an famous Italian war pilot, who during one of his battles in WorldWarOne misteriously turns into a pig. Years after, during TheGreatDepression, He makes his living in facist Italy by flying a crimson seaplane battling seaplane pirates. Said pirates, hire an American mercenary to take him down and the story takes off from there. Set in the Adriatic sea, Porco Rosso is one of StudioGhibli's more characteristic work.

* MagicalRealism Porco is magically transformed into a pig. Why? Where does the magic come from?

** Piccolo himself says Fio came from America. Likely her mother stayed there, Her elder sister is introduced as part of the crew that rebuild's Porco's airplane,

Porco Rosso or ''Kurenai no Buta''　/　紅の豚, which roughly translates as "The Crimson Pig" or "The Red Pig", its a 1992 film by
HayaoMiyazaki's, a homanage to the early days of aviation and cinema.

Porco Rosso or ''Kurenai no Buta''　/　紅の豚, which roughly translates as "The Crimson Pig" , its a 1992 film by

The film tells the story of an famous Italian war pilot, who during one of his battles in WorldWarOne misteriously turns into a pig. Years after, during the GreatDepression, He makes his living in facist Italy by flying a crimson seaplane battling seaplane pirates. Said pirates, hire an American mercenary to take him down and the story takes off from there. Set in the Adriatic sea, Porco Rosso is one of StudioGhibli's more characteristic work.

The film tells the story of an Italian famous war pilot, who during one of his battles in WorldWarOne misteriously turns into a pig. Years after, during the GreatDepression, He makes his living in facist Italy by flying a crimson seaplane battling seaplane pirates. Said pirates, hire an American mercenary to take him down and the story takes off from there. Set in the Adriatic sea, Porco Rosso is one of StudioGhibli's more characteristic work.

The film tells the story of an Italian famous war pilot, who during one of his battles misteriously turns into a pig. He makes his living by flying a crimson seaplane battling seaplane pirates and an American mercenary in the Adriatic after WorldWarOne. Just about as goofy as it sounds and simple, clean-minded fun drawn in StudioGhibli's characteristically breathtaking style.

The film tells the story of an Italian pig flying a crimson seaplane battles seaplane pirates and an American mercenary in the Adriatic after WorldWarOne. Just about as goofy as it sounds and simple, clean-minded fun drawn in StudioGhibli's characteristically breathtaking style.

Porco Rosso (''Kurenai no Buta'', 1992)

HayaoMiyazaki's paean to the early days of aviation and cinema: An Italian pig flying a crimson seaplane battles seaplane pirates and an American mercenary in the Adriatic after WorldWarOne. Just about as goofy as it sounds and simple, clean-minded fun drawn in StudioGhibli's characteristically breathtaking style.

** The origin of Porco's curse, though his guilt stemming from [[spoiler:the death of his best friend (and Gina's late husband)in ]]the war may be the cause of it. It serves more as a symbol of his disillusionment and cynicism than anything else.

HayaoMiyazaki's paean to the early days of aviation and cinema: An Italian pig flying a crimson seaplane battles seaplane pirates and an American mercenary in the Adriatic after WorldWarOne. Just about as goofy as it sounds and simple, clean-minded fun drawn in StudioGhibli's characteristically breathtaking style. Generally considered one of Miyazaki's lesser efforts--which means excellent by any objective standard.

Currently a manga-only sequel is in the works, ''Porco Rosso: The Last Sortie'', to be set during the Spanish Civil War.

* ZeroChops: Porco's and Curtis' air duel/boxing match quickly devolves into this: by the end of six rounds both men are so tired they don't even try to block each other's punches.

* BettyAndVeronica: [[GlamorousWartimeSinger Gina]], Porco's old friend who's always been in love with him and was always waiting for him, and [[PluckyGirl Fio]], Porco's young and feisty mechanic who also has feelings for him. They never meet until the end of the film and become good friends. [[spoiler:The ending narration is deliberately ambiguous as to which girl Porco chooses but the circumstances clearly imply that it was Gina.]]

HayaoMiyazaki's paean to the early days of aviation and cinema: An Italian pig flying a crimson seaplane battles seaplane pirates and an American mercenary in the Adriatic after WorldWarOne. Just about as goofy as it sounds and simple, clean-minded fun drawn in StudioGhibli's characteristically breathtaking style.

Generally considered one of Miyazaki's lesser efforts--which means excellent by any objective standard. If there were any question that HayaoMiyazaki is ''the'' greatest master of hand-drawn animation who has ever lived, the scene of Porco's plane circling Gina's island alone should be sufficient to remove all doubt.

* MagicalRealism Rosso is magically transformed into a pig. Why? Where does the magic come from?

** Piccolo himself says Fio came from America. Likely her mother stayed home

* OliveGarden: Every stereotype you know about wartime Italy is milked, although it's done so well you can't complain.

* ThePowerOfLove: What inspires Porco to [[HeroicSecondWind get up and win the fight]], as well as [[spoiler:turns him back into a man. Though perhaps Porco simply let go of his cynicism. Damn you, ambiguous endings!]]

* ShamingTheMob: Fio gives an absolutely classic example to the pirate gang by appealing to their sense of honour.

** "Red pig" was (or rather still is) common slur directed at communists. Given that the movie is set during the times of political upheaval it is unfortunate indeed.

** The origin of Porco's curse, though his guilt stemming from [[spoiler:the death of his best friend (and Gina's late husband)]] may be the cause of it. It serves more as a symbol of his disillusionment and cynicism than anything else.
** [[spoiler:At the film's end, Porco's curse has broken and Curtis sees his human face. However, the audience never does due to it being out of shot, though Fio gives us a brief look when she's half-asleep and Porco is seated at a table checking bullet casings]]. At least, this is potentially implied.
* WallCrawl: Curtis seems to be surprisingly good at this, scaling the walls of Gina's garden.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: For everyone ''except'' Porco. This is presumably to keep it ambiguous on [[spoiler:whether or not he became human again and with which girl he ended up.]]

* WrongGenreSavvy: Played with. Fio suggests that if she [[TrueLovesKiss kisses]] Porco, his curse might be lifted. [[spoiler: She kisses him at the end of the film too, but Porco's curse isn't implied to have been broken until after he and Curtis agree to distract the Italian Air Force, implying that the curse was truly broken when Porco finally let go of his cynicism and disillusionment.]]

Currently a sequel is in the works, ''Porco Rosso: The Last Sortie'', to be set during the Spanish Civil War.

* BettyAndVeronica:
** [[GlamorousWartimeSinger Gina]], Porco's old friend who's always been in love with him and was always waiting for him, and [[PluckyGirl Fio]], Porco's young and feisty mechanic who also has feelings for him. They never meet until the end of the film and become good friends. [[spoiler:The film leaves it ambiguous as to which girl Porco ends up with, though in the epilogue, Porco's plane can be seen at the end of Gina's island.]]

* CatchPhrase: "That can't be good" in the dub; "A pig's gotta fly" in the original.

* ThePowerOfLove: What inspires Porco to [[HeroicSecondWind get up and win the fight]], as well as [[spoiler:turns him back into a man.]] (Possibly. Damn you, ambiguous endings!)

* ReusedCharacterDesign: Fio looks nearly identical to Nausicaa from ''Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind'', another Ghibli movie; Miyazaki has a tendency to recycle character models.

** During the First and Second World Wars, [[WrenchWench most mechanics were indeed women]] since all of the otherwise available men were busy fighting.

* SuspiciouslyAproposMusic: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Temps_des_cerises "Les Temps des Cerises"]], sung by Gina and playing on the radio in the beginning, is very appropriate.

* WrongGenreSavvy: Played with. Fio suggests that if she [[TrueLovesKiss kisses]] Porco, his curse might be lifted. [[spoiler:At the end of the film, she kisses him and Porco's curse is implied to have been broken.]]

* BabyGotBack: When Fio and her family twist Porco's elbow to force him to take the girl along, he complains about her (perfectly average-sized) butt being too big for the tiny nook she was suggesting squeezing herself into. Later, during the duel with Curtis, Porco playfully curses Fio's "big butt" again when his sole machinegun jams; his plane normally mounts two, but he left one behind to make room for Fio.

* StarSystem: Fio looks nearly identical to Nausicaa from ''Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind'', another Ghibli movie; Miyazaki has a tendency to recycle character models.

** Or for Porco?
** How young can she be if her butt takes up space for the other gun? I guess she could be 16 or 17, but I'm not sure about that.